Last Sunday, J's uncle passed away. I was not particularly close to him. I have never had conversations longer than a couple of minutes with him due to our language barrier. But he always had a big, genuine smile on his face whenever I greeted him. I could tell that he was proud of J on our wedding day, and that he liked and respected me as a person (the feelings were mutual). Isn't that the best that you can hope for with a person you don't see often, with whom you can barely communicate? With his wake and funeral taking place this weekend, blogging will undoubtedly be light. Mother's Day will be subdued as well. J and I will take Claire to my parent's...
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I understand that web publishers want to get people to click on over to their sites. I also can empathize with those who want to know more details about their traffic. But as someone who subscribes to over 1,000 sites on Google Reader, I hate, hate, HATE truncated RSS feeds with a passion. Luckily, there is an easy way around truncated feeds if you are using Google Chrome as your web browser. Just download and install the Super Google Reader extension and that's it! With just a click of a button (the "Readable" tab on the top right of the feed box), you can go from this...
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A couple of days ago, a reporter from the AP contacted me (having read my thoughts on the issue here on this blog) and asked if I would like to be interviewed for a story she was doing on America's reaction to the death of Bin Laden. Unfortunately, my comments were edited out of that article. But later that day, another AP reporter — this time, a national reporter — contacted me for the same reason. And the article was published tonight. You can see it on Yahoo! News and other internet news sites. Although Ms. Noveck made my experience a bit more dramatic than I believed it to be, I do not regret giving the interview and I am happy that my...
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Ever have one of those days when nothing seems to go your way? Well, today was like that for me. And because I always feel better when I can help brighten someone else's day...
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Three years ago today, J and I said "I do" in front of 250 of our closest friends and family. We've certainly had our ups and downs along the way, but I wouldn't trade what we have right now for anything in the world. The amount of love and respect I have for this man has grown exponentially since we first started dating 8 years ago, and he continues to amaze me every day. It also doesn't hurt that I still catch him looking at me with the same expression as below: (photo by Danny Weiss) Happy anniversary, my love. Here's to many, many more to come. * * * We celebrated our anniversary this past Saturday with a lunch at my...
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